Swinging cot.



G. A. NEWRATH.

SWINGING COT.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.5,191o

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

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GS'LIvA. NiiW'IitriLoFNEiv YORK'N. Y.` ASSIGNOR To SYDNEY KANN, oF NEW tYORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

t p i Application 'ied November 5. 1910. Serial No. 590,788.

f f SWINGING co'r.

Patented Sept. '19, 1.911.

Tol all 'whom ,it may concern:

l.le itknown that' l,v(i's'|.\v11 Nicwna'ru, a siibjectot.' the Emperorot' .\ustria-llun wgigari, and a resident o'tE the borough of thelrolix, city. county, and State et New York,

have invented certain new and useful inipi`ovenients in Swinging (lots,ott which the following is a specification. tif-1 :Myoinvention relatesto a swinging cot adapted jtior usc at'ter the 'fashion otI a ha1nmock,and `has for itsI object to cnabh` such a `cot vto be r adily `t'oldedfor shipment lor storage. also to give itgreat strength parr t icularlyat the point which torni` a hinge or l5 pivot `t'or thejtfolding parte,and turther more to enable the cot to be used either as a susliended orswinging cot, or as a eot. rest'.- iugon the floor and irnxly kept inthe, latter position. To thisI end, my invention consists ot eer'- tain`feature@l ot' constria-tion fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in theapl'anded claims. t t

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings, in which-- Figure1' is' a side elevation o't a. cot einbodyingiiny invention; lFig. Q isa top view thereof with parts in section; Fig. il is a ver tical.Section on line 3--3 ot' Fig. 2; and Fig.

:5o l .is a detail elevation, with parte in section, showing theconnection ot thc 'ti'oldinglegs with 'the body of the cot.

ln the particular 'torni oit in v invention illustrated by the drawings,the body of the cot is rectangular when opened for use, and comprisestwo 'sections hinged Itogether at their inner ends about an axisparallel to the end bars A.. Each Section is composed of anv end bar Aand two parallel side bars A', 4o with a cover B of canvas or othersuitable fabric Sti-etched upon the frame termed by Said bars. Thepreferred way ot' attaching the cover B is shown in Fig. 3,.eaoh of thebare A, A being provided upon its outer face with a horizontal groove Aruiming lengthwise of the bar, the fabric being .t'olded into suchgroove and. held therein by a clamping strip C fitted into the grooveand secured in any suitable manner, as by nailsl or tacks C. The fabricor cover B of each section is extended beyond the end bar ,A andissuitably 'fastened to a bar D, the projecting ends of which areprovided with eyes E,'E. To the eyes are secured the ends Whose otherends are atits arch tached to hooks (l fixed to the. side bars A neartheir outer ends. 'lo the' eyes '.ll are secured the ends o'tl atransverse'chain lt" provided at its center with a ring l""` adapted tobe held by stationary hooks such vas are usual tor suspending hannnocks.'lfhe Side chains l take most ot` the tensile strain from the coverextensionsl or tlaps Bf, while the crossbar l) takes up the tranriversestrains. `For the sa ltc o't more convenient illustration, 65 tht` tlapl and chains l-`, li" at` the right# i hand side ot' l\`igs. ,l and 2have been shown in a position which the never take in use, the let'thand portion indicating the position assumed b v thc ttap hen the cot isSus- 74.) pended attcr the tashion ol a hannnock so as to serve as aswinging cot.

rlhe two sections ot' the cot body are Connected by a hinge o'tt specialconstruction. llach of the .side bars .V in provided' with 75 two hingeplates ll', lli respectively, tastened in any suitable manner, as byrivets llt', and each ot theseplates has a projecting perforated tar orlug Il throughwhich extends the hinge rod J'. In order that the 80adjacent. side bars ol' the two sections may he arranged in pertectvalineinent when the cot is open. l prefer to employ the constructionshown heet in Figs. l and il. according to which the platesI Il are letinto the inner t'aees ot the bars of one section, and into the outeritaecs ot' the barS A ot the other section, while the platesl llproject. from `the outer t'aces ot the `side bars .V ot one section andtroni the inner taces oi' the side. bars of 90 the other section. Thecentral portion of the hinge rod J is arched so as to give the cot.great transverse strength, whether the cot be susl'ieuded or resting onthe floor.

In the drawings, the center of the rod is about; twice as tar troni thecanvas cover B as the pivoted end portions of the rod.

(')bviouslig to Secure the full advantage ot' the arching ot the hingerod J, the plane olf the arch should be` vertical when the cot is opentor use, or perpendicular to the plane ot the cover B. On thecther hand,the openingI and 'folding 'movements of the cot. :section are liable-:todisturb the position otl the arch. lin order to insure auton'xaticallythe proper pci-pendicular position ot the arch of the rod .l when thecot is in use, l have provided pins J', projecting from the endliortions ot the rod in the plane of and arranged between the respeebarsA..

ble by having one against the other,

tive countersunk plates H in such a manner In order that the cot may beused resting on the floor, I provide it with legs K, connected by bracesK and pivoted to the inside of the side bars A, adjacent to the end Thepivot bolt L is provided with a head L, and when not in use, the legs Kare adapted to be folded between the side bars A as shown iu Fig. 2. lnorder' that the legs may be held perfectly steady when the cot rests onthem, they are provided with laterally projected locking pins K2 adaptedto enter downwardly open slots K3 ou the side bars A. of the legs upontheir pivots is made possi-- the pivots L pass through elongatedopenings K3 of the legs. l/Vhen the cot rests on the floor, the pivots Lare nearthe lower; ends of the openings K3 andv the pins. K2 are withinthe slots A3, thus preventing the legs from turning on their pivots.Upon lifting one end of the cot, the pins at that end will becomedisengaged from the corresponding slots A3, so that the' legs can befolded inwardly, the operation being then repeated at the other end, andfinally the two sections of the cot are folded as a hinge or pivot. Whenthe cot rests on the floor, the rings F2 may be hung on the hooks D.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A cot compri.s1 ag two sections adapted 'the cot is in use, and anarche A slight Vertical movement the rod J serving to lie insubstantially the same plane when the cot is in use, an arched hingedrod connecting said sections, and means for keeping the plane of thercdns archl perpendicular to the plane of the said sections when the cot.is in use.

2. A'cot comprising two sections adapted to lie in substantially thesame lane when dp hinge rod connecting said sections and provided with apin disposed in the plane of the rods arch and adapted to engage thesaid sections to keep the arch of the rod substantially perpendicular tothe plane of said sect-ions when the cot is in use.

3. A cot comprising two sections adapted to lie in substantially thesame plane when the cot is in use, and an arched hinge-rod connectingsaid sections and provided with. a projection adapted to engage the saidsections to keep the rods perpendicular to the plane of said sectionswhen the cot is in use.

4.. A cot comprising two sections adapted to lie in substantially thesame plane when the cot is in use, a hinge rod connecting said sectionsand having straight alining end portions journaled in said sections, andan arched central portion, and projections on the end portions of therod, extending between the'adjacent ends of the sections and adapted tokeep the rods arch substantially perpendicular to the plane of saidsections when the cot is in use.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

GUSzTAVE A. NEWRATH'. W'itnesses:

JOHN LOTKA, II. B. YOUNKIN.

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